An American and a Danish hostage have been rescued from Somali pirates after three months in captivity, a local security official and the aid group they work for said on Wednesday, Jan 25.
"The Danish Refugee Council hereby confirms that Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted have been rescued earlier today during an operation in Somalia," the aid group said in a statement.
Mohamed Hussein, a military official in Somalia's Galmudug region, said the hostages were freed after an operation involving U.S. military helicopters, Reuters reported.
The two were working for the Danish Demining Group (DDG) when they were kidnapped from the town of Galkayo in the semi-autonomous Galmudug region in October.
"The Danish Refugee Council hereby confirms that Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted have been rescued earlier today during an operation in Somalia," the aid group said in a statement.
"The two aid workers from the Danish Refugee Council's demining unit, DDG, are both unharmed and at a safe location," it said.
